Walking and Health

“I have two doctors, my left leg, and my right.”George Trevelyan, 1913. Any form of exercise is going to be good for you. Any activity that can raise the heart rate and make you perspire is doing you some sort of good. However, some of the more rigorous exercises may be beyond you. You may be too old; you may have some form of condition which won’t allow anything too boisterous. Of course, there’s always walking. It’s probably the one form of exercise which just about everybody can do. If you’re in doubt about the benefits of walking, let’s look at some of the strong scientific eveidence that proves it is one of the best ways to keep yourself healthy and alive to the world around you. Studies by the US Department of Health in the mid ninet View the rest of this article